Spoken Word - Awale Ahmed

Thursday, 16 May 2019 - 9:00am to 9:30am
Awale Ahmed on 3CR Spoken Word

Awale Ahmed is our guest this week, fresh from his stint as resident poet and storyteller in Queenscliff!

Awale shares some brand new poems, and some old favourites, and speaks about his childhood journey from Somalia to Saudi Arabia, and eventually to Australia, where he discovered and fell in love with the vibrant spoken word scene. He talks about casual and systemic racism, his favourite poetry gigs, and his great love of the shared humanity of telling and hearing stories.

Thursday 9:00am to 9:30am
A program dedicated to the eclectic world of poetry and performance. Guests are contemporary poets who read and discuss their works.

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Di Cousens, Indrani Perera, Tina Giannoukos, and Waffle IronGirl

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